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Numerical representation, math skills, memory, and decision-making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Ellen Peters  and
Alan Castel
Ellen Peters
Affiliation:
Decision Research, Eugene, Oregon 97401. empeters@decisionresearch.orghttp://www.decisionresearch.org/About/People/peters.html
Alan Castel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563. castel@ucla.eduhttp://castel.bol.ucla.edu
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Abstract

The consideration of deliberate versus automatic processing of numeric representations is important to math education, memory for numbers, and decision-making. In this commentary, we address the possible roles for numeric representations in such higher-level cognitive processes. Current evidence is consistent with important roles for both automatic and deliberative processing of the representations.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 3-4 , August 2009 , pp. 347 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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